TY - JOUR
T1 - Strain, temperature, moisture, and transverse force sensing using fused polymer optical fibers
AU - Leal-Junior, Arnaldo
AU - Frizera, Anselmo
AU - Heeyoung, L. E.E.
AU - Mizuno, Yosuke
AU - Nakamura, Kentaro
AU - Paixão, Tiago
AU - Leitão, Cátia
AU - Fátima Domingues, M.
AU - Alberto, Nélia
AU - Antunes, Paulo
AU - Andre, Paulo
AU - Marques, Carlos
AU - Pontes, Maria José
N1 - Funding Information:
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) (88887.095626/2015-01); Fundação Estadual de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Espírito Santo (FAPES) (72982608); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) (304192/2016-3 and 310310/2015-6); Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) (PD/BD/128265/2016 (DAEPHYS), SFRH/BPD/101372/2014, and SFRH/BPD/109458/2015); Fundação para Ciência e a Tecnologia / Ministério da Educação e Ciência (UID/EEA/50008/2013); European Regional Development Fund (PT2020 Partnership Agreement); JSPS KAKENHI (17H04930 and 17J07226); Fujikura Foundation; Japan Association for Chemical Innovation; FCT, IT-LA (PREDICT scientific action).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Optical Society of America
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/5/14
Y1 - 2018/5/14
N2 - This paper presents the characterization of polymer optical fibers (POFs) submitted to the catastrophic fuse effect towards intensity-variation-based sensing of strain, transverse force, temperature, and moisture. In the experiments, POFs with and without the fuse effect are tested and the results are compared with respect to the sensitivity, linearity, and root mean squared error (RMSE). The fused POFs have higher linearity and lower RMSE than non-fused POFs in strain and transverse force sensing. Also, the sensitivity of the fused POFs is higher in transverse force and temperature sensing, which can be related to the higher sensitivity to the curvature that the transverse force creates on the POF and to the more significant variations of the refractive index with temperature increase. Additionally, the fused POFs present lower moisture absorption than the non-fused POFs. The presented results indicate a great potential of the fused POFs intensity-variation-based sensing applications of various physical parameters.
AB - This paper presents the characterization of polymer optical fibers (POFs) submitted to the catastrophic fuse effect towards intensity-variation-based sensing of strain, transverse force, temperature, and moisture. In the experiments, POFs with and without the fuse effect are tested and the results are compared with respect to the sensitivity, linearity, and root mean squared error (RMSE). The fused POFs have higher linearity and lower RMSE than non-fused POFs in strain and transverse force sensing. Also, the sensitivity of the fused POFs is higher in transverse force and temperature sensing, which can be related to the higher sensitivity to the curvature that the transverse force creates on the POF and to the more significant variations of the refractive index with temperature increase. Additionally, the fused POFs present lower moisture absorption than the non-fused POFs. The presented results indicate a great potential of the fused POFs intensity-variation-based sensing applications of various physical parameters.
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U2 - 10.1364/OE.26.012939
DO - 10.1364/OE.26.012939
M3 - Article
C2 - 29801327
AN - SCOPUS:85046962328
VL - 26
SP - 12939
EP - 12947
JO - Optics Express
JF - Optics Express
SN - 1094-4087
IS - 10
ER -